Car replacer



Eem 25 1923. I

A R. A; WALSH CAR REPLACER Filed sept. 11, 1923 2 sheets-sheet y1 Dec. 25 1923. BATSZS A R. A. WALSH CAR REPLACER Filed Sept. 11, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec, 25, i923,

raisers ROBERT A, WALSH, OF CARBONDALEQPENNSYLVANIA.

can REPLACER.

Application led September 11, 1923.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT A. WALSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carbondale, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements -in Car Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car replacers and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed,

The various types of car replacers now in general use are so shaped and constructed as to render their functional efiiciency unsatisfactory andfrequently dangerous. Among such disqualifying detriments is the faculty of kicking and that is to saywhen the cars or engines begin to mount the replacer,

the enormous weight applied has a tendency' to displace the replacer with relation to the track rail for the reason that ample provision is not made for securing the replacer in position. rests upon two ties only which gives the replacer a very insecure base foundation, which permits the replacer to kick and cause accident when subjected to the weight of the rolling stock.

The present invention serves to overcome this serious objection in that the replacer rests upon three ties and is in the general form of an elongated pyramid having at one side a Wall which extends the full length of the base of the body of the replacer'and which is adapted to abut or hug the side surface of the web of the track rail when applied. The up portion of the replacer rbody is provided with a recess adapted to receive'the edge portion of the'head of the rail and hence' the replacer overcomes a major fault in the old type, by being built along lines simulating the side contour of the rail and when in position practically becomes part of the track rail.

Another feature of advantage in the present invention'is its length combined with the pyramid shape." The commodious lines and dimensions thus afforded give the replacer great and stable firmness when in position. from the center; with the easy and-uniform risemakes the replacer a great deal more efficient in use and materially 'lessens the abs ln many instances the replacer The lengths of the end portions' serial No. 662,129.

ruptness of ascent, which in the older types number, o-ne set being located in the vicinityv of each end of the body and one set midway between the ends thereof. In the intervals of space between the sets of openings the body is provided with depending lugs which `t between the track ties.

The present replacer posseses advantages in use over the older types in that they reduce the time consumed in re-railing engines and cars at least, seventy-five per cent, for when placed in position theywill re-rail the stock with one pull where heretofore it has been a matter of luck if re-railment was accomplished in less than ten or fifteen pulls and consuming from one to two hours of time. Such delay has caused traffic tie-up of expense to the roads and inconvenient to the traveling public.

In the present invention the car replacing outfit consists of two members or bodies, one adapted to be applied to the outer side of one track rail and the other to the inner side of the other track rail. Both members or bodies are substantially of the same design and configuration with the minor exception that one body is designed to lift a wheel flange over the head of vone rail and the other body is designed to lift the tread of the tire only of another wheel over the head of the other track rail.

lin the accompanying drawingsvFigure l is a plan view of a track section with the car replacer bodies applied to the rails thereof.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of one track rail and the replacer body used at the outer side of said track rail.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the other track rail and the replacer body used at the inner side of such rail and Figure 4 is a detail face view of one of the two depending carrying lugs with which'both off the replacer bodies are equipped. A To facilitate the description of the invention the replacer body which is used at V the outer side of the track rail is designatedB, and the body which is used at theinrife' side ioo a rail web abutting wall 1 which is disposed vertically to the base line 2 of the body. The upper edge of the wallv 1 isbeveled as at 3 to fit under the head of the track rail and thelowenedge vis bevellled as at 4 to rest uponthel upper surface of the baseflange 'of the rail. The base 2 is recessed as at 5 to receive the Yedge portion of thebase flange ofthe Vtrack rail. The wall`1 extends the full length of the replacer body and `is offset from the intermediate portion thereof thereby providing the body at a point above Y the upper edge of the wall 1 with a recess 6 adaptedto receive theside portionof the head 'of the track rail.

Three spaced flanges 7 'stand outfroin the base`2 at the opposite side of the body from thatsideat-which the wallk 1 is located and each flange is providedwith a set of spike openings 8 whereby the body may be spiked to three of the ties of the track. The flanges 7 completely bridge lthe upper sides of the ties. Y One flange 7 :is located at eachend of thebody `and one lange Vat a point intermediate the ends of the body. At 'the same side, the body of the replacer vis provided with' depending lugs 9 which lie in the spaces between theflanges and vwhich are disposedat'right angles to the base of the body. The lugsl are provided with upwardly vconverging edgesurfaces 10 and each lug is provided with a hand opening 11. The lugs may. be usedv for conveniently carrying the bodyand when the body isl placed thellugs fit between the adjacent ties and serve to.

assist in holding the body firmly in position.

The body is 'elongated longitudinally yat its peak'thereby providing a crown4 portion 8.` An upstanding iange 94 extends from end to end of the body andralong the crown 8 andV "at its inner side isv provided with an in wardly inclined surface 12. rlhe iiange V9A is located at the upper edge of the body op,- posite that edge thereof at which thewall 1 Vvis located.v The end surfaces 13 are inclined frornithe base Qup to the crown 8 and are inclined downwardly from the inner edge of the surface 12 toward the wall 1. The top surface 14 is inclined downwardly from the 4 A intermediate portion of the flange'9 toward the recessQG. A' bracing web 15 is ,disposed under the upper sides of the body and joins. integrally with the sidesl and 14jand the baseQfalong the median longitudinal dimen-A sions.` thereof whereby the said web is dis' posed atan acute angle tothe base 2 and at an acute angle to the wall l andthe side of the body opposite said wall. A cross web 16 is disposed parallel with the base and spaced therefrom. rlhe said web 16 is integrally joined 'with the wal-l1 andthe-:side ofthe body opposite the wall and the intermediate portion of the web 15.

The-forni B of the replacer is provided at thelower portion of'its side surface 14 and Y above the recess 6 with a lip portion 17 which is adapted to lie over the top of the track rail and which f will guidethe wheel flange transversely across the head vof the rail during the operation of replacing The lower-edge of thesurface 140i. vthe forni A' when applied, is disposed at the` side of'therhead of the other track raill and liftsv the wheel flange so that the tread of the wheel tire may pass transversely over-the head-of the track railduring Ithe operationof replacing:

Having described the invention whatz'is claimed is+ V 1.' A car'replacer comprising a body 1nv the general Jform of an'elongated?pyramid"v having at one sidefa rail webabutting wall which isdi's'posedvertically to the baseline ofthe body, said wall AVextending'f'the':full`` length of the base of the body, thesaid' body being provided 'at the same side withfa rail head receiving recess located above1V the upper edge of the said wall'andfalip-"porev tion disposed'over thev recess and adapted to lie upon the top' of the head' of the rai-l.

2.`A'- car replacer comprising a bodyfinkl the general formof an elongated pyraniidv having, at Vone side a lrail 'webf abuttingf'wall" which is Vdisposed'vertically/to the baseline of the-tbody, said wall extending the 'full' length ofthe base ofthe body, the said body being provided yat the same'side withfa rail head receiving recess located above the' upper yedge of the saidwall andl Vatrin'ityiof spaced'flanges atv the base Iof'lthe'opposite side and disposed in alinernent lwith the plane of 'the'ba-Se,- said-i'langesihaving'spike openings.

3; A'car replacer comprising a `body in the general form of 'an elongated 'pyramid' having at one side a rail web abutting 'wall' which is disposed vertically Vto the base line of theI body7 said wall extendingfthe full length of the base of the bodythe said'body:

being provided 'atfth'esaine side with afrail head receiving recessH located above ythe upper edge' ofthe sai'dw-all'andy a trinityof spaced'ilanges at the base ofthe-opposite side and disposed fin' alinernent` withfthe plane ofthe base,saidflanges having spike Y openings fand' :lugs located inv the `spaces lbetween the flanges `and disposed below-f thev base line-of the body and perpendicular thereto and-adapted to engagebetween trackl ties. f Y

4. A car replacer comprisingafbody in the` general foi-moi an elongate'dfpyra'mi'd having atfone side a rail' web abutting@'wallv which is disposed Vvertically to the base line of the body, said wel] extending the length of the base of the body, the body being provided et the saineside with a rail head receiving recess located above -the upper edge of the said Wadia the body having between its longer Sides a Web which extends the full length of the base of the body and which is joined with the bese at the media-n longitudinal dimension thereof and With the end and sides and the recessed side of the body along the median longitudinal dimensions thereof.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ROBERT A. WALSH. 

